The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

Gospel ministry would put hinsslf in the
home, and heart and sympathy. and IN.
der the beuedictaon and perpetual pres.
enco Of . Christian minister.
But I remark again, the religious die
course Of the future viii b IN awaken
Ing sermon. From altar.rail to the front
doorstep under that sermon An audi.
once will get up and start for heaven.
There will be in II many staccato pas
sage. 1t will not be . lullaby; It viii b Z
battle charge. Men will drop their sins,
for they will feel tho hot breath Of pur.
suing retribution on the buck OF their
neckA It will be sympathetic swith Ill
tho physical distresses OF tho world.
Christ not only preached but he heal cd
paralysis, and he healed epilepsy, AMI hs
healed the dumb and the blind and ten
lepers.
That religious discourse Of the future
will be an every day sermon, going right
down into every mans life, and It will
teach him how 10 vote. how to bargain,
how to plow. how to do any work
he Is called to. how to WELD trowel and
pen and pencil and vardstick and
plane. And it will teach women how to
preside over their households, and how
to educate their children, and how to imi-
tate Miriam and Esther and v ashti and
Eunice, the mother OF Timothy, and Mary,
the mother Of Christ; and those women
who on Northern and Southern battle
fields were mistaken by the wounded for
angels of mercy fresh from the throne of
God.
Yes, have to tell you tho religious dis
course of the future will be q reported
sermon. II you havs any idea that print.
ing was invented simply to print secular
books, and stenography and photography
were contrivel merely to set forth secu-
lar ideas, you are mistaken. The print
ing press is to be the great agency Of
gospel proclamation. It Is high time
that good men, instead Of denouncing
the press. employ it to scatter forth the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ. The vast maj n .
itv Of people in our cities do not come to
church, and nothing but the printed ser.
mon can reach them and call them to
pardon, and life, and peace, AMI Heaven.
10 can not understand the nervousness
OF some Of our brethren of the ministry.
When they see q newspaper man coming
In they say:
"Alas, there is reporter.
fifty thousand. one hundred thousand i'm.
mortal souls added to the auditory. The
time will come when all the village, town
and city newspapers will reproduce the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ and sermons
preached on the Sabbath will reverberate
all around the world, and, some by type
and some by voice, all nations will be
evangelical.
The practical bearing Of this il upon
those who are engaged IN Christian work,
not only upon theological students AMI
young ministers, but upon all who preach
the Gospel and all who exhort in meet
ings, and that ID all Of you IL you are
doing your duty. Do you exhort in pray.
er-meetingi Be short and be spirited. Do
you teach In Bible -classl Though you have
to study every night, be interesting. Do
you accost people on the subj:ct Of relig-
ion in their homes or In public placesl
Study adroitness and the common sense.
The most graceful and most beautiful
thing on earth is the religion OF Jesus
Christ, and II you awkwardly present IT,
1t is defamation. We must do our work
rapidly, and we must do it effective ~.
Soon our time for work will be gone.
A dying Christian took out his watch
and gave it to friend and said:
''Take that watch, have no further
use for 1t; time is ended for me and eter-
nifty begins"
Oh, my friends, when our watch has
licked away for US the last moment and
our clock has struck for US the last hour,
may it be found we did our work we'll:
that we did it in the very best way, and
whether'we preached the Gospel in pulpits
or taught Sabbath classes, or admin
istered to the sick as physicians, or bar
gained as merchants. or plead the law as
attorneys, or were busy as artisans, or as
husbandmen, or as mechanics, or were
like Martha, called to give q meal to q
hungry Christ, or like Hannah,
to make coat for q prophet,
or like Deborah. to rouse tho
courage CT some timid Barak in the Lords
conflict, we did our work in such q Way
that it will stand the test Of the judg
nent. And in the long procession Of the
redeemed that march around the throne,
may it be found there are many there,
brought to God through our instrumen.
tality, and in whose rescue we are exult-
ant.
But, o you unsaved, wait not for that
religious discourse OF the future. It may
come after your obsequies. 1t may come
after the stone cutter has chiseled our
names on the slab, fifty years before Do
not wait for a great steamer Of
the Cunard or White Star lines to
take you OF the wreck, but hail the
first craft with however low a mast, and
however small o hulk, and however poor
rudder, and however weak CAPTAIN.
Better disabled schooner that comes up
in time than full-rigged brig that comes
up after you have sunken.
Instead Of waiting for that religious
discourse Of the future-it may be forty,
fifty years of-take this plain invitation
of man who, to have given you spiritual
insight, would be glad to be called the
spittle by the hand Of Christ put on the
eyes Of q blind man, and who would con.
slider the highest compliment Of this
service, il at the close i've hundred men
should start from these doors, saying:
"Whether he be q sinner or no, know
not This one thing I know, whereas I
was blind now see"
Swiftier than shadows over the plain,
quicker than birds in their autumnal
flight, has tier than eagles to their prey,
HE you to q sympathetic Christ The
orchestras Of Heaven have already strung
their instruments to celebrate your res
cue.
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own
AN INDIAN CRGSUS.
ne Ouccessfal Busines@ Career Of . Full.
Hooded WyandoE
One Of the wealthiest Indians In tho
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